News reaching us states that former Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, Ata Ikiddeh to former Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio has described the Niger Delta Avengers as the military arm of the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to Dailypost.ng, the former SA reacted to the ongoing war on corruption by the current government, saying, “this government is a joke”, on a Facebook post.
When asked by one of his Facebook followers, Edim Asanaenyi, if the militant group was now a military wing of the PDP, Mr. Ikiddeh responded, “I am afraid to admit that – but that’s what this government is turning the Avengers into: the ‘resistance’ wing of the PDP.
Mr. Ata also said a very dangerous scenario is unfolding, and that he wouldn’t be surprised if a copycat group in the North becomes the clandestine military wing of APC, not with their permission of course, but this is how these things begin to take shape, they get out of our control, Boko haram is our perfect example.
“Nigeria is still playing politics with the Niger Delta crisis. Why can’t we have a national conference, to be organized by the international community on the Niger Delta?” He said.
